Religious historian Roald E. Kristiansen explains how Christmas in Norway evolved from Norse Yule and Roman festivals into a ...

A December message reflects on a year of renewed visibility and pride in the Norwegian-American community, alongside key ...

Miss Norway 2025 Leonora Lysglimt-Rødland went viral at Miss Universe in Thailand after wearing a salmon costume. The bold outfit drew global media attention and spotlighted Norwegian salmon, ...

Minnesota business ties as President Lisa Erickson attracts Norwegian startups to the state’s strong Scandinavian community, Fortune 500 economy, and thriving tech scene, creating new partnerships and ...

Norway’s Labour Party reached a late-night deal with Rødt, Centre, SV and Greens on the 2026 budget without extra oil spending. The agreement includes stronger climate measures, an oil phaseout commis ...

The look on the lady’s face said it all as she grabbed at the Thor’s hammer dangling from my necklace. “Skinheads wear these,” she snarled. “Racists and Nazis!” “I do Viking reenactment,” I explained, ...

There are about half a million sheep in Iceland but only around 360,000 people. The sheep are bred almost exclusively for the meat and the wool. They are usually shorn twice a year, in spring and fall ...

Though Norwegian Americans practically define who they are through the eating of lutefisk during the Christmas season, I have found to my surprise that the vast majority of Norwegian Americans know ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fittest of them all? You may never have this conversation with the quicksilver on your wall, but many athletes are waking up today in Sochi, Russia and asking ...

I was looking through pictures of my grandparents and other Norwegian relatives in the United States and found very few with people smiling. Those who are smiling clearly did so only on the ...

The nisse of Norway was discovered in the mid-1800s, but it is unusual to actually see the nisse. Small children and animals are the only beings that are able see him. The farms and households that ...

It’s a tradition that marks the beginning of the Christmas season. On December 13, Norwegian and Swedish girls wearing candlelit wreaths portray and celebrate Santa Lucia, a fourth century Sicilian ...